DPP authorities act as main accomplice in US effort to hollow out Taiwan's industries: Mainland spokesperson on US' semiconductor tariff hike and TSMC's Arizona plant
Global Times
By Global Times Published: Aug 13, 2025 11:37 AM
When asked to comment on reports that US President Donald Trump said he will impose a 100 percent tariff on imported goods such as semiconductors, and claimed TSMC will build world's largest wafer fabrication plant in Arizona backed with $300 billion, Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, stated on Wednesday that when TSMC previously announced an additional $100 billion investment in the US, it sparked panic and public discontent in Taiwan; a $300 billion plan would further erode the island's economic vitality and autonomy. The DPP authorities are the biggest accomplice to the US in hollowing out Taiwan's industries.
The DPP authorities have ceded key industries to the US, concealed tariff talks and repeatedly misled the public, showing neither the will nor the ability to protect Taiwan's economy and people's welfare. They should reverse course, and the people of Taiwan should unite to defend their interests, said the spokesperson.
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